Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Tidal Effect Field Survey on Lower Eastern Side of Bago River Basin

This field survey was to
check extent of tidal fluctuations in the eastern side of Bago Region as shown
below in Figure 1. The focus was primarily on the flood protection structures
installed in the area connecting the Bago River Basin to the sea through
Sittang River and Gulf of Martaban. The field survey was participated by
University of Tokyo (UTokyo) and Yangon Technological University (YTU) with
coordination by SATREPS project coordinator at YTU and members of the
Irrigation Department. The entire field survey was conducted from February 21-24, 2016.

21 February 2016 ParticipantsUTokyo: Dr. Akiyuki Kawasaki, Dr. Shimozono, Dr. Acierto, Masahiro Kambara, Shin YoneharaJICA: Hiroyuki Okazaki (SATREPS Project Coordinator at YTU)YTU: Dr. Win Win Zin, Dr. Zin Marlar Tint San, Chit Bo Bo Win, Ye Thu AungThe first day of the field survey was dedicated for deploying the pressure sensors at three sites (Thilawa port, Yangon port, Excel River View Hotel). This was the same site previously selected and observed during the field survey from 26th to 30th of October 2016.At Excel River View Hotel, a camera observation was also deployed for observation. All of these observations was set to get observations from 22 February 2016 to 24February 2016.

Figure 2. Left and right images show the deployment a pressure sensor at Thilawa port site

Figure 3. Deployment of camera observation at the nearby tower in Excel River View Hotel site.

Figure 4. View seen from the vantage point of camera observation deployed at Excel River View Hotel site